European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books bad vibrations surround Wilson swords relationship by Robert Hilburn los Angeles times the front door of Brian Wilson a three Story beachfront Home in Malibu calif., stands invitingly open on a recent Cool morning. From the Entrance you can Sec through the House to the Ocean where the fog is still blocking any Trace of Sunshine. The legendary a but Long troubled a Beach boy is dressed in a sport shirt jeans and moccasins and he seems relaxed and upbeat. On arty Given Day Wilson wakes up about 8 a.m., runs two or three Miles along the adjacent Pacific coast Highway then returns Home and slips alone into his yellow Corvette convertible. Me then Heads to the West los Angeles office building recording studio he shares with Eugene Lundy the controversial psychologist he credits with rescuing him from years of depression and drug use. Frequently hell visit his gym meet with his attorney and go to the movies. Does this sound like someone s prisoner Brian s brother Carl thinks this daily show of self sufficiency is just an illusion. To him and other family members Brian May be Able to do the rudimentary things for himself but Landy is the one who makes the crucial decisions in his life a including financial ones. The family has gone to court to separate Brian from Landy who they claim has brainwashed Brian to gain control of his millions. The family members Are asking that an Independent conservator be appointed to oversee his affairs. Brian is contesting the Legal action insisting he is competent to run his own life. Even in the Early morning Calm of Wilson a Home the tension stemming from the court fight hangs Over him like the fog Over the Ocean. Stopping by a piano in a Small downstairs room Wilson a who is about 6-foot-3 and a trim 140 pounds a begins playing a song he wrote re cantly for the Beach boys. The Tunc has a classic Good time feel somewhere Between the instant accessibility of Elton Johns Crocodile Rock and Wilson s own fun fun fun. Suddenly he stops playing and frowns. A i should give the song it the Beach boys but i done to know Quot he says a Flash of anger in his Lone. Quot those yokels those idiots go and ruin my life. My relatives have definitely assaulted me with the conservatorship Case. It has Cost me so much Money and so much  Wilson looks Back at the piano keys As if replaying the song in his mind. He Ltd tvs at the visitors tape recorder and barks anxiously a a done to play the song for them. I should give it to Crosby stills and Nash or Michael Jackson. Anybody you can conceive of could record  the Beach boys weren to just a group to the outside world. It was a family. The Saga began in Hawthorne calif., in 1461 when Brian Wilson younger Brothers Carl and Dennis Cousin Mike love and High school chum Al Jardine joined together in a band. After a few false starts they parlayed Dennis Wilson a idea of a song about surfing into a hit single called surfing. Between 14ft2 and 146 it the Beach boys registered More than a do in top 21 singles most of Beach boy Brian Wilson has a new Book would of of be Nice  own Story. Them written arranged and produced by Brian but the Strain was too much. His own obsessive urge to come up with new hits and More inventive music contributed to a nervous breakdown a and he turned to drugs including Ltd to Case the pressures and pain. Though various books on the Beach boys troubled journey have told of the fighting among the members of the group and the Wilson family the darkest account is contained in Wilson a new autobiography  it be Nice  own Story. A live always thought my Dud never should have Hud kids. Dad was a tyrant a possessed by an explosive. Unpredictable temper. He yelled at his three a toys constantly especially his oldest who happened to be me. A although he saw himself As a Loving father who guided his Brood with a firm hand he abused us psychologically and physically creating wounds that never healed. My Mother often drank i suppose to ease her pain my brother Dennis is dead my brother Carl is Remote and uncommunicative. Dad instilled in me a predisposition to mental illness that left me a  the abuse outlined in the Book includes the time his father Murry Wilson an aspiring songwriter who managed the Beach boys for a while in the �?T60s, reportedly hit Young Brian with a two by four a blow that Brian claims left him deaf in his right year. There a also the time his father who died in 1473 allegedly forced the youngster As a form of punishment to defecate on a newspaper in the Kitchen in front of his parents. Like almost everything else in his life Wilson s Hook is being debated. The question is whether the autobiography is really Wilson a Story or a talc orchestrated by Landy. In a biting examination of the Wilson Landy relationship in the oct. 5 Issue of billboard mag Zinc editor Timothy White declares that Quot the entire text of the Book. Reads suspiciously like a Legal Brief to underpin another court action that Wilson is involved in a s100 million action to regain control of his Early publishing rights. Wilson maintains in the los Angeles Superior court suit that his father sold the rights to the Beach boys Catalon of songs in 1464 to the pub Lishing company of Al to Irving against the songwriters Best interests and wishes at a time when Wilson was emotionally incapable of stopping him. Almo Irving and the los Angeles Law firm of Mitchell Silverburg amp Knupp a also named in the suit a deny acting improperly. Others could also argue that the Book reads like exhibit a in Wilson a defense in the conservatorship Case a since the Book which is dedicated to Landy is a glowing testimony to Landy. Barry Langberg the family attorney in the conservatorship Case expresses doubts about the authorship of the Book. A you have to remember one thing about that Book a Langberg says during an interview in his los Angeles office. Quot Why does Landy get one third of the royalties of the Book if he Isnit one of the authors of the Book he obviously is a and obviously a Good Deal of what is in the Book is Landy talking As much As Brian  but Todd Gold a writer in the los Angeles Bureau of people Magazine who wrote the Book with Wilson insists the views in would t it be Nice  own Story represent Wilson a thinking a not Landy s. Gold who has also written celebrity bios with Drew Barrymore and Louie Anderson says a Brian told me everything about his life the drugs his marriage. It Wasny to Landy. I never once in two years went through Landy to make an appointment with  Gold does recall that it was difficult at limes to get Wilson to Deal with issues in his life. A what i found out was that he was very sensitive of being reminded of his failure. As a husband As a person As a father. He did no to like it even though it Wasny tas if he could have Ever helped it or corrected the situation. I just think he a pretty aware of his shortcomings. In his own words he has said a i m feeble  it must be devastating to remember being sharper than you Are  does Gold see Landy As a hero or villain a a he a heroic in the sense he saved Brian s life a Gold maintains. A Brian needs a Strong figure to Latch onto. To help motivate him. Brian needs someone who is going to fight his Battles stand up for  part of the Issue that has led to the conservatorship Case is whether Landy stood up for Wilson or for himself. Langberg says bluntly a one Point that Landy always makes. Is that he saved Briana a life. And he May have. But lets use another example. Quot let s say you have a heart attack today and or. Jones docs a triple bypass and saves your life. 1 think you ought to be real grateful to him and pay his Bill but 1 done to believe that gives him the right for the next 12 years to take Over every aspect of your business life and your personal life and make a Fortune from  even Landys worst enemies concede he probably saved Wilson a life. Yet even Landys Best friends suggest the psychologist was probably wrong to have entered into business arrangements with his former patient. To demonstrate they Are Independent agents Wilson and Landy agreed in april not to see each other for 40 Days during which an Independent psychiatrist could examine Wilson and file a report with the court. The pair have since decided to extend the separation and end their business tics. Preliminary attempts at a division of funds were made during the initial separation period earlier this year but Carl Wilson a representatives found a indy a demands excessive Langberg says. Landy however maintains that he is just asking for a fair share of the Wilson Landy partnership whose assets include Wilson a two Solo albums and the autobiography. A a brain a lawyers Carlos lawyers my lawyers arc All involved in sorting this out a he  8 a sunday october 27, 1991